Joe G

I don't have much Diorio on CD, but I do owe him a debt of gratitude for what I learned from his instructional video. Some good concepts that opened up my playing quite a bit when I encountered it in the early 90's.

I had heard (PLEASE correct me if it was wrong) that Joe had had a stroke and was no longer playing. What are the stats on this new live album?

Well, I tend to work mostly with the play-along sections, which are pretty hip and range from easy to (at the moment) out of my reach. The strange thing is that they aren't at standard pitch, so you have to tune sharp just a bit. No biggie. I've worked with his scale exercises a little, but I don't have a huge interest in that sort of thing nowdays. I have also not felt compelled to learn any lines from the solos, though there are some rippin' ones. Overall I'd say I'm happy with this purchase.

I've done some online "window shopping"; starting a cart then cancelling the order if it couldn't be saved (not at your site). Didn't know people were keeping track of that.

That little clip was fun to watch. What I wouldn't give for concert footage of Green, Jones, and Young!

Wish I was there, too! Especially if the weather's as nice there as it is here.

In my family, Easter celebrations have sort of fallen by the wayside. Used to be a family get-together, with a church service, then lots of food. I have fond memories of all that, but these days, if the family gets together on Easter, it's almost a coincidence. It does tie in with a couple of "rebirth" events for me: spring, my birthday (April 29th), and the like.

Just a stroll.

Zana. http://www.mondaymichiru.com/gallery.aspx?langID=1 Third gallery down, "Family and Friends".

And she has a hot sister. I'm listening to the tunes they have streaming from the website; sounds good.

But seriously, I checked those outlets, and everything listed is a $40+ import. Not sure I want to drop 80 bucks on a couple of CDs.

Where is the best place to get her music?

nope.

I had a dream last night that I was playing rhythm guitar for Eddie VH. The auditorium was nearly empty, the drummer was late, and the rest of the band came out dressed in big fuzzy bear suits. Courtney Love was hanging off my arm while I was waiting to play.

Awesome.

I'll be on the lookout for this one.

That kind of thing makes my hair stand on end - even more than it usually does!

Tuning is a very interesting subject, on which volumes have been written. Technically speaking, the only thing in tune on a conventionally tuned piano are the octaves. All the other intervals are stretched, so to speak, and basically "out of tune". The major thirds, especially, are audibly sharp. It's the system known as equal temperment, which allows a pianist to change keys at will. But that's a fixed pitch instrument, which means the player cannot alter the tuning in any real way during performance. Horn and stringed instrument players have more leeway, and can find notes that don't exist on the piano. Miles does this on his solo to Freddie Freeloader, where the minor seventh interval he plays over the "four" chord is quite a bit flat from the pianist's m7. But is doesn't sound out of tune, because it's actually the 7th partial of the harmonic series, and so we respond to it as being "in tune". I know that's a more technical answer than what you were looking for, but I'm just making the point that there are quite a few different tuning systems, some of which can coexist if the musicians know what they're doing. Aside from that, there are some who play out of tune momentarily for effect, and others who just don't play (or sing) in tune, I guess, because they haven't learned how (like most Americans singing Happy Birthday in a restaurant ). I was listening to some Mclean the other night, and it didn't strike me as being that far out. ...Many people think Von Freeman sounds out of tune.

Happy Birthday to a good friend.

Makes me wanna PUUUKE!

Paging RonS!!!

Ivo's a badass.

Thanks!!

Plus, they've got that alliteration thing going for them.